inflorescencia

See also: inflorescència and inflorescência

Spanish

Inflorescencia

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin īnflōrēscentia, from Late Latin īnflōrēscō (“to be covered in flowers”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /infloɾesˈθenθja/ [ĩɱ.flo.ɾesˈθẽn̟.θja]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /infloɾeˈsensja/ [ĩɱ.flo.ɾeˈsẽn.sja]
(Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
(Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
Syllabification: in‧flo‧res‧cen‧cia

Noun

inflorescencia f (plural inflorescencias)

(botany) inflorescence

Further reading

“inflorescencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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